A team of academics and students at the University of Southampton have begun work on a solar-electric powered boat which they claim will be one of the most sophisticated to enter the annual prestigious Solar Splash competition so far.

Vast coal deposits lying deep beneath the North Sea will be burnt in situ to generate up to 5 per cent of Britain's energy needs, under new plans approved by the Government last week.

Hemp farming is widely misunderstood by the public and by Congress. The United States is the only developed nation that has not lifted their ban on industrial hemp farming. To date, 16 States have successfully passed pro-hemp legislation, and with stron

Business schools no longer cater exclusively to the future Wall Street executive, but in fact have rearranged their course schedules to cater to the student who must survive the economic downfall of the recession.

For those of us who chose to follow what some called "frivolous" careers like art, history, literature, botany, sports and the like, our best instructors gave us some valuable advice: "Do what you love and the money will follow." This advice is ageless,

The idea of sustainable development grew from numerous environmental movements in earlier decades. Summits such as the Earth Summit in Rio, Brazil, 1992, were major international meetings to bring sustainable development to the mainstream...

MUNCIE -- Delaware County's first "green" street lights are here. The first of 23 wind-and-solar-powered street lights have been installed at Park One/332, the business park at Interstate 69 and Ind. 332, and another 27 will be placed at locations...

Many major automakers have unveiled vehicles at the L.A. Auto Show that are within a year or two of the showroom, but a lot has to change for such cars to be common sights in the U.S. private fleet.

Perfect for lovers of the park is the Adopt-A-Bench program. For a, ahem, mere $7,500 the Conservancy installs a custom engraved plaque on a park bench in a location of your choice. For $25,000, you can upgrade that bench to a hand-made rustic one. The mo

Not familiar with quinoa? Well, you are about to be. I predict that quinoa will soon be everywhere, a world-wide munching phenomenon! Quinoa is prolific and easy to farm, cheap and delicious and crazy killer good for you. If you could buy stock in a g